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Date: | Tuesday 8 July 1941 |
Time: | 17:40 LT |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | N1798 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile north-east of RAF Heathfield, Ayr, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Prestwick, South Ayrshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I N1798, 410 (Cougar) Squadron, RCAF: Took off at 17:15 hrs on 8 July 1941 fora familiarisation flight. Crashed 1 mile north-east of RAF Ayr, Heathfield, Scotland, at 17:40 hrs. Pilot killed.
Crew:
Sgt (1254571) Brian Proctor DAWBARN (Pilot) RAFVR - killed on active service 8 July 1941, buried at Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
No. 410 Squadron was formed at RAF Ayr, near Prestwick, Scotland in June 1941, as a Royal Canadian Air Force "Article XV squadron", under Royal Air Force operational control. No. 410 Squadron was the third RCAF night fighter squadron to be formed and was equipped with the Boulton Paul Defiant. In May 1942 these were replaced by the Bristol Beaufighter
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p 9)
2. ORB 410 Squadron RCAF for July 1941: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1802/2:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8403339 3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/7467:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16756764 4. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2455364/brian-proctor-dawbarn/ 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/410_Tactical_Fighter_Operational_Training_Squadron#Second_World_War 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Heathfield Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Jun-2022 10:57 |
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04-Jun-2022 11:09 |
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Updated [Operator, Operator] |